Be Malas

DNA kicks off a weekly series that profiles the top 50 influencers, movers and shakers who are helping shape Malaysia’s Digital Economy, from Digerati50 Vol 2, a special print publication released in February 2016. This week: Bemalas founder Adlin Yusman.

After successfully training corporate types and entrepreneurs for about 10 years, Bikesh Lakhmichand and his iTrain are all set to take on a new challenge: Training young unemployed graduates to become successful entrepreneurs.

Kuala Lumpur-based hyperlocal logistics company NeonRunner intends to raise US$3 million in its next round of funding, and having learned its lesson from the plunge of the ringgit, is seeking it in the greenback.

It has taken Be Malas, the SMS-based request service, just one month to raise US$500,000 from Singapore-based Japanese fund KK Fund. It has now launched in Singapore, with Hong Kong next. Karamjit Singh has the story.